A quick summary of the week’s events Positive(s) US Sept Retail Sales rise more than expected almost across the board UK unemployment falls to 7.9%, lowest since June ’11 with claims down in Sept Automotive sector continues to boom w/ production @ 280k units in September, highest in the history of Thailand. 3G auction finally […]
Read More →Working! Yes I realise the blog has been fairly quiet over the past 2 months, the main reason being that my team and I have shifted over to SCB Securities to set up and run the client investment arm here and its been one wonderfully busy time to get the platform up and running. Going […]
Read More →Well then, first on the 14th of this month the BOT Governor comes out publicly saying “Thailand doesn’t need an interest- rate cut as credit growth is accelerating and domestic demand is countering a slowdown in exports, central bank Governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul said.” Source: Bloomberg And then on the 18th of this month, the BOT […]
Read More →3Q12 earnings seasons is upon us! And banks have already come out with their numbers, most have done quite well, no real surprise given their income tax costs drop from 30 to 23%, except for TCAP which was down 27% QoQ b/c of increased provisions (quite a surprise). Expect to see a summary of all […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) MINT – The owner puts in a massive public bet on his company at THB 2.99 bn Sell(s): BGH – A director and major shareholder sells a massive stake @ THB 1.4 bn to “institutional investors” in other words, shareholder battle is over. SPCG – A director sells off THB 75 mn […]
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